Clemson dedicates Memorial Park

First Sgt. Marcus Anderson of the Clemson University Pershing Rifles holds the American flag at Memorial Park after the dedication ceremony.

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Clemson University students participate in a How Will You Serve? portion of the Memorial Park dedication ceremony. From left, Brittany Clinton, Mac Miller, McKee Thomason, Logan Silver, Jason Glover and Jordan Simpson stand on rocks bearing the words of the question.

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Bud Webb of Clemson sits at the Scroll of Honor Memorial before the Memorial Park dedication ceremony. Webb was in the Clemson Senior Platoon in 1955.

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Jerry Handegan of Clemson hugs Col. (Ret.) Ben Skardon, honorary director, Clemson Corps, at Memorial Park after the dedication ceremony. Skardon was in a Japanese prisoner of war camp and the Bataan Death March in the Philippines during World War II.

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Ed De Iulio, chairman of the Clemson Corps Board of Directors, welcomes a crowd of 350 at the Memorial Park dedication ceremony.

Col. (Ret.) Ben Skardon, honorary director of the Clemson Corps, sits with Jim Barker, president of Clemson University, before starting the Memorial Park dedication ceremony. Skardon was in a Japanese prisoner of war camp and the Bataan Death March in the Philippines during World War II. Barker held the umbrella to shade the two from the 85-degree heat.